Steel Products Prices North America

Nucor Adjusts Galvanized Coating Extras
Written by Brett Linton
August 29, 2019
On Thursday, Aug. 29, the Nucor Sheet Mill Group advised customers: “Consistent with our practice to monitor the cost of zinc, we have revised our galvanized coating weight extras effective with orders acknowledged for week ending Oct. 5, 2019. Price extras can be accessed under the ‘Sheet’ tab at www.nucornow.com/announcements. Please contact your Nucor District Sales Manager regarding pricing and availability.”
SMU has done an analysis on the old and new Nucor galvanized extras, provided below.
Zinc prices have consecutively declined since spring when they peaked at $1.3695 per pound in April. The current price for zinc is about $1.0324 per pound.

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